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in boston, the city is the epicenter of two storms which could break boston's all-time snowstorm record of 27.6 inches. up and down the northeastern coast, between 1 and 3 feet of snow is expected to fall. forecasters warned of blizzard conditions including wind gusts of up to 75 miles per hour. this could cause widespread power outages this evening. the national guard was activated in states of connecticut, massachusetts, new york, of course to help with emergency management. the storm comes, ironically, almost 35 years to the day after the blizzard of 1978. the catastrophic snowfall and heavy winds caused more than a half billion in damage and claimed dozens of lives. as people rushed to stay ahead of the storm, many travelers found themselves stranded. 4,740 flights have been canceled you can see how it knocks you off your feet. just to give you a sense of what happens when you have the powdery snow and you throw it up in the air, boy, you can see why it's drifting. it gets ripped like a frenzy downwind. the winds are just a little north, rather a little east of north. they were east
in boston, the city is the epicenter of two storms which could break boston's all-time snowstorm record of 27.6 inches. up and down the northeastern coast, between 1 and 3 feet of snow is expected to fall. forecasters warned of blizzard conditions including wind gusts of up to 75 miles per hour. this could cause widespread power outages this evening. the national guard was activated in states of connecticut, massachusetts, new york, of course to help with emergency management. the storm comes,...
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, too, the fresh blanket we call it. >> new york city mayor michael bloomberg talked about the big apple's preparation, since so many areas are still dealing with devastation from hurricane sandy. >> new york city hasn't gotten it quite as bad as before but parts of long island, a few spots have picked up 12 to 18 inches of snow, especially on the north shore of long island got nailed. the further east you go out on the island, some areas will get two feet of snow. that's a big deal for them. that's a question i've been getting a lot, craig, how unusual is a storm like this? i'd say for boston to providence, this is a once in 20, maybe once in 30-year storm. for hartford, new york city, long island, maybe a once every five-year storm. >> again, as mike mentioned earlier tonight, the story is the snow, the story is the wind. the day after that, the dig out, the cleanup, the power outages. >> you have to go somewhere. >> bill karins on watch for us. we'll check in with you later. thanks, sir. do appreciate you as always. >>> ed schultz, back after the break with the latest on the man hunt fo
, too, the fresh blanket we call it. >> new york city mayor michael bloomberg talked about the big apple's preparation, since so many areas are still dealing with devastation from hurricane sandy. >> new york city hasn't gotten it quite as bad as before but parts of long island, a few spots have picked up 12 to 18 inches of snow, especially on the north shore of long island got nailed. the further east you go out on the island, some areas will get two feet of snow. that's a big deal...
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google is spending all of that money in kansas city. we have got to be more comfortable in talking to people about what works. what is working that other countries are doing. the diversity of the representation in the house will be helpful for that. i think also we have to learn something from how historically brave actions by your predecessors in this caucus played out in the electorate. when were they rewarded? when were they punished? and later rewarded? i cannot tell you how many nights in the white house, every single night before i went to bed, for months and months and months after the 1994 election, i thought about the people who were defeated because they voted for the economic program, because they voted for the assault weapons ban. i knew exactly what happened. i thought a lot about those who survived and why they did. as you look ahead and you decide, what are we going to do about the budget, what are we going to do about having the democrats branded as the party of jobs and innovation for the future? make no mistake about i
google is spending all of that money in kansas city. we have got to be more comfortable in talking to people about what works. what is working that other countries are doing. the diversity of the representation in the house will be helpful for that. i think also we have to learn something from how historically brave actions by your predecessors in this caucus played out in the electorate. when were they rewarded? when were they punished? and later rewarded? i cannot tell you how many nights in...
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new york city it's a tough forecast from the start. if there's one city that would be considered a bust, maybe that would be it. heaviest snow shifts, rhode island, massachusetts, new hampshire, coastal maine. we'll be ending the snow in the overnight hours. adirondacks, catskills, poconos and new jersey. we'll have blowing snow out there. heavy accumulating snows will be ending during the overnight hours. if anything, the storm is moving a little faster than expected. a lot of us will actually wake up with no snow falling from the sky saturday morning. the storm total forecast, new york city at 6 to 10, down to 4 to 8. we have a shot of getting 18 or so around hartford. boston, somewhere between six to ten inches. you have a shot of getting up to 24 or 30 may have to lower that a little bit. you still have a good chance at a two foot snow storm. portland you are going to end up getting your 18 to 20 foot. bottom line is we have a crippling blizzard shutting down all transportation. >> want to bring in weather channel meteorologist mik
new york city it's a tough forecast from the start. if there's one city that would be considered a bust, maybe that would be it. heaviest snow shifts, rhode island, massachusetts, new hampshire, coastal maine. we'll be ending the snow in the overnight hours. adirondacks, catskills, poconos and new jersey. we'll have blowing snow out there. heavy accumulating snows will be ending during the overnight hours. if anything, the storm is moving a little faster than expected. a lot of us will actually...
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we'll get an update for the snow total in the city within the hour. but in '78 we had almost the same amount of snow but a 2-foot storm a week before. so imagine these banks up to here. that's what they were dealing with 35 years ago. >> we wouldn't be able to see you, erik fisher. anyway, listen. it's all good at this point. >> might be an improvement to the report, right? >> not at all. don't you go there. erik fisher, thank you so much there from boston. >>> let's go now to politics. president obama is on a mission to avoid a series of automatic cuts that could kick in on march 1st. during his weekly address, president obama slammed the republicans' approach on the sequester. >> the current republican plan puts the burden of avoiding those cuts mainly on seniors and middle class families. they'd rather ask more from the vast majority of americans and put our recovery at risk than close even a single tax loophole that benefits the wealthy. >> let's go to nbc's kristen welker who's standing by at the white house. wow, green lawn! i can't even believe
we'll get an update for the snow total in the city within the hour. but in '78 we had almost the same amount of snow but a 2-foot storm a week before. so imagine these banks up to here. that's what they were dealing with 35 years ago. >> we wouldn't be able to see you, erik fisher. anyway, listen. it's all good at this point. >> might be an improvement to the report, right? >> not at all. don't you go there. erik fisher, thank you so much there from boston. >>> let's...
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latest pictures from new york city, the city was actually spared the brunt of the storm, but there's still cars buried under know in the outlies areas. there's 38,000 connecticut residents without power, and new york commuter rail lines are back in service in massachusetts, rhode island, connecticut, they have all lifted travel bans there as well. >>> it's the end of the era and could be the beginning of the end of an institution. to try and save money the postal service announced beginning august, it will end saturday delivery service. the post office lost $16 billion last year alone. the news took many by surprise. but it was shocking to find out that the post office has managed to last this long says "the daily show." >> sorry, where do you want me to take that? hawaii? no problem, you got a quarter, i will get it there in two days. >> i want to bring in patrick donahoe, post master general of the united states. good to see you, sir, thank you for coming in on that saturday. before we get to saturday delivery and how we can save the post office. let's start with the blizzard in th
latest pictures from new york city, the city was actually spared the brunt of the storm, but there's still cars buried under know in the outlies areas. there's 38,000 connecticut residents without power, and new york commuter rail lines are back in service in massachusetts, rhode island, connecticut, they have all lifted travel bans there as well. >>> it's the end of the era and could be the beginning of the end of an institution. to try and save money the postal service announced...
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same area he grew up in the living and dying timber city, and your doctor returns home. arguing the federal government is consolidating legislative power and that individual states must protect the citizenry from constitutional violations. in 1953, a leading feminist published the feminine mystique, but that was central to the second wave of feminism and the u.s. releasing a 50th anniversary edition with a foreword by new york times columnist and then afterward by novelist and former columnist and equipment. look for these titles in bookstores this coming week and watch for the authors in the near future on book tv and don c-span.org -- booktv.org. >> a correspondent with the washington post and the author of the rise of mark of rubio. what is the appeal? a lot of people else other republican party are watching engaging to get a sense of whether a latino politicians can broaden the base outside of his own community. his -- >> is he running for president? >> well, who is and what they elected to the senate he is clearly an ambitious person and has risen quickly . he has e
same area he grew up in the living and dying timber city, and your doctor returns home. arguing the federal government is consolidating legislative power and that individual states must protect the citizenry from constitutional violations. in 1953, a leading feminist published the feminine mystique, but that was central to the second wave of feminism and the u.s. releasing a 50th anniversary edition with a foreword by new york times columnist and then afterward by novelist and former columnist...
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. >> city improvement and the opportunity and well-being of our citizens. >> once again, keeping in time honored traditions, i've come to report to you on the state of the union. i'm pleased to report that america is much improved. there is good reason to believe that improvement will continue. >> my duty tonight is to report on the state of the union and not the state of our government, but of our american communities. to set forth our responsibility and the words of our founders, perform a more perfect union. the state of the union is strong. >> as we gather tonight, our nation is at war, our economy is in recession, and the civilized world faces unprecedented dangers. yet the state of our nation has never been stronger. >> it is because of our people that our future is hopeful, our journey goes forward, and the state of our union is stronger. >> on tuesday president obama delivers this yours address live on c-span. it will begin at 8 p.m. eastern, followed by the gop response and your reaction. the state of the union on tuesday night on c-span, c-span radio, and c-span.com. >> senator
. >> city improvement and the opportunity and well-being of our citizens. >> once again, keeping in time honored traditions, i've come to report to you on the state of the union. i'm pleased to report that america is much improved. there is good reason to believe that improvement will continue. >> my duty tonight is to report on the state of the union and not the state of our government, but of our american communities. to set forth our responsibility and the words of our...